Taking a Walk on a Cool, Yet Beautiful Day

I decided to take the Canon 7D out on our walk with the little one, AKA Harvey Nuthman. It was quite a chilly day in old England that day, but quite honestly I prefer it when going on long walks. Harvey the Dog absolutely loves his walks!

One key thing about Harvey that you should know. Never ask him if he would like to go for a walk unless you are prepared to physically leave the house within 5 minutes of the suggestion. He will be yelping for the forseeable future until you actually leave the house - and even then he will continue to screech even halfway down the street. It takes a while for him to get his excitement under control. Oh, to be a dog.

The sky was a bit grey and there was quite a breeze coming through but everything looked so beautiful. The sky was a strange color making everything seem a bit more vivid than usual. Whenever I go home to California, this is one of the things that I really miss the most about being in the UK.

I have thought quite often about just going ahead and moving there permanently. Especially with all of the crazy political nonsense happening here back home - which I will not get into! Suffice it to say that it is exhausting! Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be much better in the UK at the moment with the Brexit drama unfolding each day.

As you can see, Harvey loves to find the spot with the most loose dirt, mud or water and plop down into it. It is always a major operation when we get home, because I have to immediately pick him up and carry him directly to the bathtub. It is totally worth it though because he has such a fantastic time every time we take him out.

I'll have to say as well, the walk is really good for Amanda and I. After spending so much time in front of the screen, I really appreciate being able to look out into the distance for a bit. The field where we walk him is on the local horse racecourse so there is plenty of space to relax the eyes and let the dog run off leash.

Surprisingly this day there weren't a lot of other people walking their dogs. This is the popular spot in town to walk them. We end up going much later in the evening though, so a lot of people have already left for home. Often it is getting so dark by the time we leave that we have to put Harvey on the leash a bit early, otherwise he runs off. He likes to test the boundaries of what he can get away with.

One of the things that he does that can get my blood boiling I'll tell you about. He likes to run super far away from us, just to the point where I have to scream at him to make him come back. Then, he won't come back in a straight line, but he makes a gigantic arc. This arc is as wide as physically possible so that he can take as much time as possible to get back to us. I guess I can't blame the little guy. I wish running around a field gave me so much joy.

I really love this particular view for some reason. Something about it is really relaxing to the eyes. This is one of the things that I really regret not being able to experience while living in the city. Nothing but greys around San Pedro where I live. Oh, and the lovely smog, of course.

I can tell that Harvey is starting to lose steam whenever he begins to mosey around at a casual pace. He will walk briskly from one spot to another, and then lay down for a minute or two. Then he springs into action, only to start walking again and lay down.

This is generally our cue that it is time to start heading home!

There is the old Newmarket racecourse building. I previously did a post about a day at the races that we attended. Extremely boring to me, but some really enjoy it.

At this point we are on our way out of the fields and headed back toward the house. The only problem is that when I get home, my father-in-law will have the heater cranked up and I will be sweating up a storm!

Almost home now. You can see that the sun has set and it is starting to get dark. As I mentioned before, sometimes we don't make it out of the field before it gets dark, but it looks like we made it this time. I hope you enjoyed visually joining us on our walk. Until next time, have a great night! Harvey the Dog says hello.